''Unity'' is the fourth studio album by Israeli

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

bassist Avishai Cohen, released in 2001. The album is credited to the International Vamp Band, consisting of Avi Lebovich and Yagil Baras from Israel, Diego Urcola from Argentina, Antonio Sánchez from Mexico, and Yosvany Terry from Cuba. The album is inspired by all four cultures, and it combines

Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...

, classical, and

worldbeat Worldbeat is a music genre that blends pop music or rock music with world music or traditional music. Worldbeat is similar to other cross-pollination labels of contemporary and roots genres, and which suggest a rhythmic, harmonic or textural co ...

. Cohen plays piano rather than his usual bass, which is played by Baras, who appeared on Cohen's album ''Colors'' in 2000.

Track listing

All tracks written by Avishai Cohen except where indicated # "Short Story" – 6:55 # "Vamp" – 7:26 # "Etude" – 7:51 # "Float" – 6:16 # "Island Man" – 6:14 # "Pause" – 1:10 # "Jazz Condo" – 3:20 # "Song for My Brother" – 4:25 # "A Child Is Born" – 7:15 (

Thad Jones Thaddeus Joseph Jones (March 28, 1923 – August 20, 1986) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer and bandleader who has been called "one of the all-time greatest jazz trumpet soloists". Early life, family and education Thad Jones was born i ...

) # "Yagla" – 6:15 # "To the Love" – 5:36

Personnel

* Avishai Cohen – piano, electric bass, vocals * Antonio Sánchez – drums, vocals * Diego Urcola – trumpet,

flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet, but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B♭, though ...

* Yosvany Terry – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone * Avi Lebovich –

trombone The trombone (, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the Brass instrument, brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's lips vibrate inside a mouthpiece, causing the Standing wave, air c ...

, vocals * Yagil Baras –

upright bass The double bass (), also known as the upright bass, the acoustic bass, the bull fiddle, or simply the bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched string instrument, chordophone in the modern orchestra, symphony orchestra (excluding rare additions ...

References

External links

Avishai Cohen's website
{{Authority control Avishai Cohen (bassist) albums 2001 albums